Once the festival ended Illuminate decided to find the lovely mare he met. The one named Coral. He has been thinking about her often since the day they met at the festival. Just like he was doing now. He was too busy thinking about her to see what was up ahead. Due to the fresh spray of rain a small patch of dirt has become dangerous. Normally very concerned about his looks instead of others Illuminate would've easily flown over the patch for fear of smearing his coat but not this time. This time he dreamily walked towards the patch unwittingly heading for disaster. Suddenly his first hoof which touched the mud quickly slipped forwards. To catch himself he brought the othe hoof forward, alas it also found mud. Without any time to stop himself he instantly fell face first into the shallow mud patch.

Quickly glancing up out of the mud Illuminate peers around nervously to see if anyone was watching. Getting to his feet in a hurry he clumsily continues his search. Maybe I'll look for somewhere to wash this muck off first. Pretending to toss his mane out of his eyes he quickly shook of most of the mud.

I really hope no one saw that...

One bright night in the middle of the day, two dead men got up to play. Back to back they faced each other, drew thier swords and shot each other.

Coral also wandered about. The festival had ended some time ago, but other Emeralian serians had found her and kept her from the serian she was actually looking for. They wanted to inform her of everything that changed since the festival.

She was polite about it, or tried to be, but eventually just -had- to get out of there. What if Illuminate thought she'd forgotten?

Making up a lame excuse, Coral ditched Thyme and Maelstrom. She wasn't sure where to start looking, but she was sure her current location wasn't it.

The grounds had turned to mud and she was tempted to play in the puddles, but kept her current goal in mind.

Illuminate quickly headed for the nearest river. Glancing about to see that no one was around he quickly dipped his whole head underwater, blowing bubbles so as to remove the mud. The thought that caught in his mind was again about Coral.

Not even the rainbow off the bubbles compare to her coat and smile. Suddenly a small fish swan past his nose and he quickly raised his head. What a fright he got from that tiny fish. He almost slipped in after the fish. Perhaps he should stay away from such dangerous places...

But not yet, Coral may be here.

One bright night in the middle of the day, two dead men got up to play. Back to back they faced each other, drew thier swords and shot each other.

Illuminate waited and waited. Suddenly realising he was standing on the edge of a riverbank and he was slowly sinking in mud. 'Great. Now what?' Glancing about quickly he decided to be a little sneaky. He gracefully took flight and hovered over the river to dip his dirty hooves in. That gave him an idea. 'Why don't I fly to find her? I could probably see more over the trees... So up and up he flew ignoring all the unhappy birds and tree dwelling creatures as they angrily told him what they thought of him flying through their home.

Above the trees he took a deep breath of fresh air and tried desperately to detect the smell of one in particular. Many scents met his nose but none of them were even close to the one he sought. As he slowly did a full circle (with his eyes closed) he tried to imagine what he would say to her once they met again.

Suddenly he could detect a hint of the fragrance coming from Coral. His eyes snapped open and he tried desperately to find her.

One bright night in the middle of the day, two dead men got up to play. Back to back they faced each other, drew thier swords and shot each other.